Garment construction



March 24.1925.

1,531,020 E. M. ORLOW GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 15, 1 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 24. 1925. 4 1,531,620

. I E. M. ORLOW I G ARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 15, 1924 2 Sheets-Shae; 2

Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

'u mrnn stares ERNEST M. ORLOW, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AssIenon or one- AL TQ an H -n J. scnMI T, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin.

GARMENT CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E-RNnsT M. On oW, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Constructions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription thereof.

This invention relates to garment fly construction.

In constructing garments according to the previously known methods, it has been the practice to fold the edges of the facing stri and of the body ortion inwardly at its outer end as well along the vertical edge. Thereafter a' line of stitching has been run through these inwardly folded po tions to furnish the vertical edge and bottom edge of the By. This necessarily placed the seam for the fly at the point where the greatest wear occurred and consequently the seam veryquickly was destroyed or partly broken due to wear.

In addition tothis the seamed edges would not produce the finish so much desired at this portion of garments.

This invention is designed I above noted defects, and obyects of such in? vention are to provide a garment fly con: struction which does not have any vertical seamed. edges, whlch has the end edgesseamed or joined by a line .of stitching spaced inwardly from the end edges of the fly, and consequently neither exposed to View,

nor subjected to the large amount of wear as are the usual seams in flies.

l urther objects are to provide a fly con struction which avoids the bulky marginal sea-in heretofore employed. It does not have any overlapping seams and is extremely flexible, which avoids curling, blistering or swelling, which is more economical in nianu tacture than the previously formed flies, and

in which provision is made for receiving the end of an inwardly folded portion ofthe body of the garment to thus providean attractive finished appearance.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in which the various stages in the manufacture of this fly are detailed.

In the drawingsFigure 1 shows the blank as it appears when cut and laid out flat.

Figure 2 shows the next formation ofthe fly construction.

to overcome the Fig re 3 sthe c er panel e dediilii Wardly. Q

Figure l shows the finished fly as it ap: pears from the inner side of the garment.- In illustrating'this invention, the lower end edge of a coat has been $l Qwn although i s a be iind rste d th ether e ds and es f f es o may b fin s e in this manner. I I

R fer ing o F gu 1 of h dra gs, i l e een hat t e ank is lie reali y a continuation of the body portion 1 of the ga m n and comp ses n r edi te panel 2 and anouter panel 3. The body portion is provided with a lower end edge 4: while the intermediate portion is oro vided with a lower end edge ,5, which spaced inwardly of they edge 4, is ape parent from Figure 1. The outer panel is sin' ilarly providedwith a lower end edge w ich s pa in ar y-0 th end d e 5 f the interm diate pan l- It s pr er bl ,in tormingthis blank to provide a curved and 6, as shown in Figure 2, and to provide i a binding 9 for the vertical od s of the w y. and in ing 10 er ifi new edge of the body portion.

Figure 3 shows the manner in which the panels are related teeach other when folded,

and Figure 4 shows the finishedfly. Hlow' even-in the actual manufacture of the garmerit, the outer" panel folded over the intermediate.panel as'sliown in Figure ,3, but wrong side outwardly. The edges 5 and ,6 are then overcast with a loose zig-zag stitch to form a line of stitching 12. Thereafter,

the parts are folded right side outwardly,

the loose stitch acting as a hinge, and the seam is pressed flat as shownin Figure 4 with the edges 5 and 6 abuttlng.

It is to be noted that the outer panel 3 extends inwardly beyond. the inner edging of the intermediate panel 2 and overlaps a portion of the upwardly folded bottom edge of the body portion.

It is to be noted also that the overcasting 12' extends to the end of the outer panel 3 and thus securely holds such panel to the upwardly folded bottom portion 41- ot the body portion.

If desired, a line of stitching 13 may join the intermediate and outer panels and is a. AM

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may be blind stitched tothe body portion 2.

It will thus be seen that a novel and extremely serviceable and effective fly construction has been provided for garments which may be most easily produced in a cheap and rapid manner, which removes the seams fromthe edges of the flies and thus relieves the seams or lines of sitiching from a large amount of wear which they heretofore had to stand.

It will further be seen thatno vertical edge seam isemployed, and that overlapping seams are avoided. This results in extreme flexibility and a very attractive and finished appearance.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, it is to be understood that the invention may be variously embodied and is, therefore, to be limited only as claimed.

I claim:

1. In a garment, a body portion, an inter- I mediate panel having an end edge, an outer panel folded over said intermediate panel and having an end edge spaced inwardly from the end edge of said intermediate panel, said end edge ofthe intermediate panel being folded inwardly into contact with the end edge of the folded outer panel, and a line of stitching joining the end edges of said panels, said line ofstitching being spaced inwardly from the end of the finished fly.

2. In a garment, a body portion, an intermediate panel having an end edge, an

outer panel folded over said intermediate panel and having an inwardly spaced end edge, a binding enclosing the said end edges, and the end edge of the intermediate panel being folded inwardly ,into butting engage- 3 ment with the end edge of said outer panel,

and overcast stitching joining the butting end edges of the said panels.

portion, an outer panel folded over said intermediate panel with its endstopping short of the end of the intcrmediate panel, the

end of the intermediate panel being folded over and stitched to the end of the outer panel, and the end of the body portion being folded inwardly and having a part positioned beneath a portion of the outer folded panel and stitched thereto 4:. In a garment, a fly construction com prising an intermediate panel having its end stopping short of the end of the body portion, an outer panel folded over said'intermediate panel with its end stopping short of the end of the intermediate panel, the end of the intermediate panel being folded over and stitched to the end of the outer panel by an overcast line of stitching, and the end of the body portion being folded inwardly and having a part positioned beneath a portion of the outer folded panel and stitched thereto. r e

5. I11 a garment construction, the combination of a body portion, an intermediate panel projecting outwardly therefrom and having an end edge stopping short of the end edge of the said body portion, an outer panel folded over said intermediate panel and having an end edge stopping short of the end edge of the intermediate panel, a binding enclosing the end edges of both panels, the end edge of said intermediate panel being folded inwardly in abutting relation with the end edge of the folded outer panel,overcast stitching joining the abutting edges, said body portion having an outer end edge folded beneath a portion of the inwardly folded outer panel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of l Viss consm.

ERNEST M. ORLOW. 

